Talk:Queen II

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Nonsense sentence?

It is signalized as the few popular songs in surrealist music.

What does that mean? It doesn't seem to be proper English. 192.249.47.163 (talk) 14:40, 17 September 2010 (UTC)

Still No Synthisizers

Since the Wiki-article on QUEEN-1 comments on the 'no synthisizers' liner-note...shouldn't it be noted in this article that the liner-notes on QUEEN-2 has "Still No Synthisizers" (in very small type). It's been decades since I've seen the album...but I'm pretty sure that's the fact. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.67.104.4 (talk) 14:10, 11 November 2010 (UTC)

Polyrhythm

According to the article, The March of the Black Queen is "the only Queen song containing polyrhythm/polymeter". This is not true, as Procession (on the same album, no less) also does: the bass drum pattern repeats in a 3/4 while the guitars are clearly playing in 4/4. How should we incorporate this into the article? 213.107.110.183 (talk) 18:56, 16 November 2010 (UTC)

taylor did not play guitar

There is no reference to taylor playing guitar on loser in the end on sleeve . as far as i know deaon played acoustic and may played lead/rhythm. that makes better sense. so im removing the guitar in personnel. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rorylyng (talk • contribs) 17:58, 8 April 2011 (UTC)

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Sounds of The 70's

The link given in the article for "Sounds of The 70's" leads to a Jay Z album. If their is a proper link, fix it, please. If there is not a "Sounds of the 70's" article, then unlink the page. Thank you. 2607:FCC8:89CA:CA00:1904:3A69:775E:E036 (talk) 20:56, 25 April 2017 (UTC)

Progressive Rock

In most music circles, this is known as Queen's "proggiest" album, yet Progressive Rock is listed as a genre for the first album, but not the second. To me, it is more (or at the very least equally) 'Progressive Rock' than it is 'Art Rock'.

2607:FEA8:4DE0:2A6:147E:C2AB:6BA6:E01C (talk) 02:39, 20 February 2019 (UTC)

Awful image of album cover needs altered

The album cover was changed by the user Vsco mike on 4 September 2020 to how it looks now, which is nothing like the actual cover (I own a copy). This is how it should look. The band profile blends in neatly with the black background as opposed to the enormous (and sloppy) contrast that exists in the article. Appreciate it someone could correct this change to the image. Thanks. Gabriella MNT (talk) 18:48, 23 June 2021 (UTC)

I've uploaded a new version after being asked about this on my talk page. The version uploaded on 4 September 2020 by Vsco mike has poor contrast and colour balance, and did not do justice to the chiaroscuro effect in Mick Rock's famous photo. The size has been limited to 300px because any album cover larger than this is likely to be reduced automatically.--♦IanMacM♦ ^{(talk to me)} 09:35, 24 June 2021 (UTC)

There are many versions of this album cover available online, and a lot of them have the same problem of poor contrast and colour balance. The version that you suggested has got it right and is a faithful rendition of Mick Rock's photo.--♦IanMacM♦ ^{(talk to me)} 09:47, 24 June 2021 (UTC)

Thanks again Ian. Gabriella MNT (talk) 12:54, 25 June 2021 (UTC)

I think we should really be representing the cover as released in 1974. What we've got is a digital recreation of the cover used since (I believe) the 2011 CD remaster, so relatively recently. Though the new scan of the image is clearer, the original cover is quite notably different - the band are cut out and there's a clear distinction between them and the background. There's an effect to it - a sort of glow - around the faces of the band members that may have been intentional. The original image is quite heavily airbrushed so that May's eyes, Deacon's right eye and Taylor's left eye are gone and their faces look smoother. There's a brown tint to the image too. All of this isn't carried through with the new version, which also uses different sizings. I really feel we should revert to the 1974 cover. Humbledaisy (talk) 18:30, 11 May 2022 (UTC)